The city of Regensburg, a Bavarian city on the Danube River in southeast Germany

 Saint Wolfgang of Regensburg, canonized in 1052, is the patron saint of paralyzed people, stroke victims, and carpenters.

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(in Bavaria, Germany) The city of Regensburg, the political, economic and cultural center of the Upper Palatinate, is found at the confluence of the Danube, Naab and Regen rivers. Founded by the Romans in the year 179 as Casta Regina (meaning Fortress by the River Regen), Regensburg is one of Germany's oldest cities. The 12th-century Stone Bridge was used by Crusaders, on their way the Holy Land. The cathedral of St. Peter is one of the most important Gothic churches in Bavaria, with 14th-century stained-glass windows and two Romanesque chapels in the adjoining cloisters. Other churches include the Romanesque St. Emmeram’s, parts of which date to the 8th century; the Old Chapel, dating from about 1000; the 12th-century Romanesque Scottish Church of St. Jakob, founded by Irish monks; the 13th-century Dominican Church; and, the Minorite Church, incorporated in the municipal museum. The buildings of the 7th-century St. Emmeram’s Abbey have been the palace of the princes of Thurn and Taxis since 1812, and there are remains of the 13th-century Herzogshof, the residence of the Bavarian dukes. The City Hall is where the Imperial Diet was held from 1663 to 1806.